US student accused of killing Italian policeman apologises in court

Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, says fatal stabbing of Mario Cerciello Rega in Rome was worst night of my life'

An American student accused of killing an Italian police officer has apologised in a Rome court.

Finnegan Lee Elder, 20, is on trial with his friend, Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 19, for the fatal stabbing of Mario Cerciello Rega on a street in central Rome in July last year. Elder referred to the night of the murder as the worst of my life".